PUMPKIN RAITA/PUMPKIN SALAD

Pumpkin raita / pumpkin salad is one of the easiest and favourful way of including this beautiful vegetable in our diet. Starting from today, I will be doing a 30 day-30 salad series. Simple, soul satisfying salads, easy to make with readily available ingredients. I start with this pumpkin salad, as mom makes this very frequently and pumpkin is one vegetable we get all through the year here. Sweetness of pumpkins, tossed in the sour curd and beautifully flavoured with mustard and curry leaves, this pumpkin raita is high on flavour as well as nutrition.

Ingredients

Pumpkin (red variety,peeled, washed and finely diced)- 2 cups

Mustard seeds powder- 1 teaspoon

Salt- 1 teaspoon ( adjust according to taste)

For dressing:

Home made curd/yogurt- 1/2 cup

Black pepper- 1/2 teaspoon (optional)

For tempering:

Refined oil- 1 teaspoon

Mustard seeds- 1/2 teaspoon

Turmeric- 1/2 teaspoon

Urad dal ( split black gram)- 1 teaspoon

Curry leaves- 15-20 leaves

Instructions

Take diced pumkin pieces, sprinkle salt and mustard seeds powder. Microwave on high for 4 minutes, tossing once at 2 minutes. alternatively, you can do this in a non stick pan, with very little oil, tossing and turning in between, til the cubes are just about tender. Don’t over cook them as they become mushy soon.

Hi , I’am Neelima and welcome to my space!! I’am a full time practicing dentist. Cooking had always been my passion, and baking which had started as a fascination is now crossing over to be an obsession.